Jungian Analysis and BiologyMaxson JohnMcDowellauthorAn archetype is a psychological invariant, common to each of us, which appears to be inherited rather than learned. But there are not enough genes to account for inherited archetypes. The contradiction is explained in terms of emergent self-organization. The apparent "purposefulness" both of dreams and of psychological maturation may also be explained by self-organization. Evidence is drawn from biology and from clinical work with patients. PsychobiologyClinical Psychology1999C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical PsychologyJournal (On-line/Unpaginated)